outright failure

collocation in English

meaningsofoutrightandfailure

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withfailure.
outright
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/us
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/
complete:
See more atoutright
failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
See more atfailure

(Definition ofoutrightandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoutright failure

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
If a combinator parser is applied to an input string containing an error, the result will often beoutrightfailureto parse the input.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If it ends inoutrightfailure, we know what awaits us – a proliferation of regional agreements, which always work to the detriment of the weakest.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Outrightfailurecould well result in the collapse of the multilateral trade system, with all that this entails.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
More than half of the cases have resulted inoutrightfailure; in many other cases, only a partial award has been made.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is in no one's interests—neither patient nor doctor—to cover up cases ofoutrightfailure.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is therefore on this issue that effective measures must be adopted because, if we are unable to adopt a suitable solution, then this directive will end inoutrightfailure.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Subsequent missions greatly impact the budget (see above), andoutrightfailurein certain missions may end the campaign altogether.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
A module performance issue oroutrightfailurewill in turn bring down the performance of the whole string of modules.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Butler's arrangements haven't dated particularly well, but the record's too innocuous and good-natured to qualify as anoutrightfailure.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Even without anoutrightfailure, any mechanical motion in the plate due to the forces of the passing train could induce waves in the stator that travelled along with it.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Such architectures can form a circuit guaranteed free of metastability (below a certain maximum clock frequency, above which first metastability, thenoutrightfailureoccur), assuming a low-skew common clock.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The usual result, whether a mere lack of success or instead anoutrightfailurecomplete with embarrassment and loss of the resources initially invested, further discourages the person.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The undesirable results or outright failures of existing safety devices required the need for a full-scale research and development of a new device.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofoutright
Go to the definition offailure
See other collocations withfailure